Cash-register.



PATENTED JULY 14, 1903.

' A. G'GIHSFROIDl CASH REGISTER.

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PATENTED JULY 14, 1903.

A. GODBFROID.

CASH REGISTER.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. 27, 1901.

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plate being brought Patented July 14, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

ARMAND GODEFROID, OF AIX-LA-CHAPELLE, GERMANY.

CASH-REGISTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.

733,476, dated July 14, 190e.

Application filed November 27,1901. Serial No. 83i94'7. (No mdel To @ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARMAND GoDEFnoID, merchant, a subject of the German Emperor, residing at 42 Bergdrisch, in the city of Aixla-Chapelle, in the Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire, have invented a certain new and useful Cash-Register, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to a cash-register, and it is so arranged and constructed that an endless feeding ribbon, which is divided into sections by a series of projecting transverse ribs, is fed forward for theA distance of one section during the iirst part of the downward movement of an operatinghandle actuated from the outside of the apparatus, the said handle being linked to a shaft on'which a cam is mounted and which operates a ratchet-gear arranged upon one roller of the endless feeding ribbon or carrier by the medium of levers actuated by said cam, while during the subsequent part of the downward movement of said operating-handle the plate or chute through which the coin is inserted into the apparatus isturned, cansing the coin to drop upon the endless ribbonlike carrier and between two succeeding transverse ribs, the said chute or enteringback into its original position by the upward movement of the said operating-handle, whereby the pawl of the ratchet-gear is at the same time made to engage with the next tooth of the said gearing.

By the arrangement of parts as above outlined the several operating periods of the apparatus are sharply defined from each other, and the possibility of controlling especiaily the last payments is greatly increased.

On the accompanying drawings, representing an embodiment of my invention, Figure 1 is a longitudinal section. Fig. 2 is a plan Vview of a cash-register, with parts in section.

Fig. 3 is a detail of the ratchet-gearing.

In the drawings@ is a casing,in which is suitably mounted the endless carrier d upon the guide-rollers b c, the said carrier being provided with projecting ribs e transverse to the direction of movement of the same and at a certain distance from each other, which in the present instance is equal to a quarter of the periphery of the roller c. vent slipping of the In order to preendless carrier upon the rollers b c, the carrier is provided with enlarged portions f, which are adapted to engage with the teeth g of the rollers b c.

The handle vl is rotatably journaled in the front wall h of the casing o, and is linked to the shaft rn by means of the link k and the arm Z, pivoted thereto. Upon the shaft mis mounted a cam-disk n, which upon the descent of the handle t' raises the lever o, rotatably journaled in the side Wall a. The slotted end of the said lever o engages the pin p of a plate r, which is free to oscillate around the shaft q of the roller c, and the said plate r is thereby raised, which also causes the raising of the spring-acting pawl s, connected therewith, and the turning of the ratchet gear-wheel t for a quarter of a revolution, the said ratchet-wheel being rigidly connected to the roller c. The endless carrier d is thus fed forward for the distance of one section between two succeeding transverse ribs. While the roller c is turned for a quarter of a revolution, thehandlet' has completed about half its downward movement, and then only the receiving-plate u is being inclined, so as to allow the coin resting thereon to slide upon the endless carrier, the movement of which has no w stopped. Thence the coin drops into the receptacle 2. The inclination of the plate u is caused by the small-cam-disk c, which is also mounted upon the shaft m and which is arranged tostrike against the lever fw, rotatably journaled in the front wall 7L of the casing ct, and which by means of the rod a' inclines the plate or chute u. As soon as the handle t' has reached the lowest point of its downward movement the pullingspring fy serves to restore it to its initial position, while the backward movement of the endless carrier dis prevented by the ratchet-gearing e.

What l claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, isj A cash-register comprising the combination with a rotatable entrance `or receiving plate for the coin of an endless carrier and transverse ribs on said carrier at certain distances from each other, gearing and an operatinglever actuated from the outside of the apparatus for controlling the movement of the said carrier, cams journaled to the casing and linked to the said operating-handle and spring connection between the said cams and the IOO said entrance-plate whereby during pai-tof l to its initial position during' the upward lo the downward movement of the said operating-handle the endless carrier is fed forward for the distance of one section, while during the rest of the downward movement ofthe said operating lever or handle the said entrance or receiving plate for the coin is inclined, and by means of its spring connection the said entrance or receiving plate returns movement of the operating lever or handle.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two witnesses.

ARMAND GODEFROID.

Witnesses H. QUADFLIEG, E. CRTGEN. 

